Improved soap-cup



UNITED STATES DANIEL REED, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT.

|MPa'ovEo SOAP-ou P.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,021, dated March 22,1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DANIEL REED, of Derby, in the county ot' New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usetul Soap-Cup 5 andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ot' the same, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, y and whichsaid drawings constitute part ot' this specitioation, and, represent,in-

Figure 1, a side view showing an edge view of the handle; Fig. 2, a viewshowing the face ot' the handle; Fig. 3, a top view; and in Fig. et mycup is attached to a common laundrytub.

My invention consists in constructing a soapcup with an attachment whichserves the double purpose of a handle and as a self-adjustingcontrivance by which the cup may be readily attached to the edge ot' alaundry-tub for the convenience of the laundress.

To enable others to make and use my improvement, I will proceed to fullydescribe the the same.

I form my soap cup A from cla-y, metal, or wood, preferring the latterfor many apparent reasons. If hard soap is to be used, I place aperforated plate, B, into the cup, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) as in commonsoap cups. I form a han-v dle, C, from some elastic metal-as brass orsteelsecured to the cup at the upper edge and free at the bottom, as seeFig. 1. I also secure at or near the bottom edge of the cup a curvedadjuster, D, ot similar metal. (See Fig. 3.) The spring-handle C servesfor the purpose ot' carrying the cup from place to place, as may berequired for domestic uses,

and also to hang the cup to the laundry-tub, as see Fig. 4, theelasticity of the spring handle C yielding sufficiently to allow it tobe so placed, while the curved adjuster' D rests against the side of thetulo to hold the cup level, and thus the cup is or may be placed in themost convenient position for use, whether as hung to the laundry-tub orto other domestic utensils, the elastic handle and'adjuster alwaysserving to hold the cup level within reasonable limit.

I do not broadly claim hanging a cup by means lof a hook 5 but What I doclaim as new, and desire to se ,Cure by Letters Patent, .is-

The combination and arrangement described of the elastic handle C andcurved adjuster D with a cup, A, for the purpose substantially asspecified.

DANIEL REED.

Witnesses:

J oIIN E. EARLE, DAVID HAWKINs.

